Arrangement with a card for value transactions

Abstract

On initiation of a value transaction, a card can be utilized which can be read by a card-reading equipment which provides information and/or means or cash in dependence on the initiation. An adapter can be applied or allocated to the card, which adapter is applicable in the card-reading equipment in a corresponding manner to the card. The adapter is arranged to provide an indication of whether or not the card-reading equipment is authentic and/or has the authority to service the card in question.

I claim: 
     
       1. Arrangement with a card which can be used in initiating a value transaction and which can be read in card-reading equipment which provides information and/or cash in dependence on the initiation, and an adapter can be applied or allocated to the card, which adapter can be applied in a corresponding manner to the card in the card-reading equipment, and in that the adapter is arranged to provide an indication of whether or not the card-reading equipment is authentic and has the authority to service the card in question, characterized in that the adapter includes circuits operating with intelligence which wholly or partially participate in an authentication- or authority-determining procedure with respect to the cardreading equipment, the adapter is arranged so that it cannot be swallowed by the card-reading equipment or the terminal including the letter, the adapter comprises first stop surfaces which can interact with corresponding second stop surfaces on the terminal with the aim of making it impossible for the adapter to be drawn into the card-reading equipment and to be retained by the same. 
     
     
       2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the adapter carries a slot for receiving the card and a plate-shaped part for enabling the adapter to be inserted into the slot of the card-reading equipment with a received or inserted card. 
     
     
       3. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that circuits or elements operating with an intelligence in the card wholly or partially participate in an authenticity check or authority-determining procedure with respect to the card-reading equipment. 
     
     
       4. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that circuits or elements operating with an intelligence in the card wholly or partially participate in an authenticity check or authority-determining procedure with respect to the card-reading equipment. 
     
     
       5. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the adapter includes power-supplying and indicating elements. 
     
     
       6. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the adapter includes power-supplying and indicating elements. 
     
     
       7. Arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the adapter includes power-supplying and indicating elements. 
     
     
       8. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the adapter includes power-supplying and indicating elements. 
     
     
       9. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the adapter includes a microprocessor with associated memory. 
     
     
       10. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the adapter includes a microprocessor with associated memory. 
     
     
       11. Arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the adapter includes a microprocessor with associated memory. 
     
     
       12. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the adapter includes a microprocessor with associated memory. 
     
     
       13. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the card has a flexible construction which entails that it can be carried by the card owner. 
     
     
       14. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the card has a flexible construction which entails that it can be carried by the card owner. 
     
     
       15. Arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the card has a flexible construction which entails that it can be carried by the card owner. 
     
     
       16. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the card has a flexible construction which entails that it can be carried by the card owner. 
     
     
       17. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the adapter includes a plate-shaped part and a part which is widened in relation to the latter. 
     
     
       18. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the adapter includes a plate-shaped part and a part which is widened in relation to the latter. 
     
     
       19. Arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the adapter includes a plate-shaped part and a part which is widened in relation to the latter. 
     
     
       20. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the adapter includes a plate-shaped part and a part which is widened in relation to the latter.